Brazil-based meat processing company JBS has agreed to sell its beef operations in three South American markets to companies controlled by Minerva for $300m. Under the deal, JBS’ beef businesses in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay ...
Tags: Beef Operations, Minerva
American Packaging has broken ground on a new 350,000ft2 manufacturing facility in Monroe County, New York. The company is investing around $170m to develop the facility, which will allow to create up to 260 permanent jobs, in addition to ...
Tags: Packaging, packaging converter
Dana has broke ground on a new 7,500m2 production and assembly facility in Chongqing, China, that will manufacture advanced driveline products for the Chinese market. Scheduled to open in late 2018, the facility will produce final drive ...
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Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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MGP Ingredients has released George Remus Straight Bourbon Whiskey, a more complex whiskey with a new bottle design. Available in select markets, George Remus is made at MGP's historic, 170-year-old distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. ...
Euro Packaging affiliate Broomco (4294) has acquired Essentra’s consumer packaging site, located in Bristol, UK. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The Bristol facility is engaged in the manufacturing of printed paper bags ...
Tags: Essentra, Consumer Packaging
Michelman will exhibit its two new DigiPrime digital press primers at Dscoop EMEA 6 event, which is due to be held in Lyon, France. At the event, which is scheduled to take place from 7 June to 9 June 2017, the company will introduce its ...
Archer Daniels Midland is building a new flour mill in Mendota, located in the US state of Illinois. The high-capacity, modern facility will allow the company to continue to meet growing demand for flour throughout the Midwest. ...
Tags: ADM, Flour Mill
Traceability systems provider Optel has opened new manufacturing plants in Campinas, Brazil. The company said its new site in Sao Paulo, particularly in Campinas, was opened due to the quality of the local infrastructure, which will help ...
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Milacron expects to continue the production of Ferromatik injection molding machines at its Malterdingen facility in Germany due to increasing customer demand. Last year, Milacron stated that it will transfer the injection molding machine ...
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Scottish spirits company Edrington has taken full ownership of its Americas Travel Retail operations after agreeing to buy out its joint venture (JV) partner for an undisclosed amount. The former JV, Edrington Webb Travel Retail Americas ...
Tags: whisky
German automaker Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC Group have signed a new framework agreement for the production of electric vehicles. The agreement is focused on two significant investments. The first part is that Daimler will invest ...
Tags: Daimler, Electric Vehicles
Cargill has acquired Pollos El Bucanero (Bucanero Chicken), a Colombian producer of chicken and processed meats products. The acquisition marks Cargill's first introduction of its global protein business into Colombia. Pollos El Bucanero ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its US operations have been selected as a 2017 Raytheon Supplier Excellence Program EPIC Award winner. As part of the Raytheon Supplier Excellence Program, ...
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Samsung SDI has completed the construction of an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Hungary. Samsung SDI President Jun Young-hyun hosted a completion ceremony for the state-of-art electric vehicle (EV) battery plant scheduled to open ...
Tags: Samsung SDI, electric vehicle, battery